On 5/16/18, Warner Losh <i...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Author: imp
> Date: Wed May 16 13:52:24 2018
> New Revision: 333675
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/333675
>
> Log:
>   Add note about LD=ld.lld being a temporary requirement when building
>   the kernel the traditional way.
>
> Modified:
>   head/UPDATING
>
> Modified: head/UPDATING
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/UPDATING     Wed May 16 13:47:30 2018        (r333674)
> +++ head/UPDATING     Wed May 16 13:52:24 2018        (r333675)
> @@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
>
>  ****************************** SPECIAL WARNING:
> ******************************
>
> +20150510:
2018 :)

> +     The amd64 kernel now requires a ld that supports ifunc to produce a
> +     working kernel, either lld or a newer binutils. lld is built by default
> +     on amd64, and the 'buildkernel' target uses it automatically. However,
> +     it is not the default linker, so building the kernel the traditional
> +     way requires LD=ld.lld on the command line (or LD=/usr/local/bin/ld for
> +     binutils port/package). lld will soon be default, and this requirement
> +     will go away.
> +
>  20180508:
>       The nxge(4) driver has been removed.  This driver was for PCI-X 10g
>       cards made by s2io/Neterion.  The company was aquired by Exar and
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